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Trump administration drops Biden lawsuit over emergency abortions in Idaho

5 Mar 2025

By Brendan Pierson -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday dropped a lawsuit that had been filed by the previous Biden administration in a bid to stop Idaho from enforcing its near-total abortion ban in medical emergencies. The ban still remains blocked in emergencies due to a similar lawsuit brought by a hospital system. The government’s …

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Trump administration expected to drop case that sought to allow emergency abortions in Idaho

5 Mar 2025

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to drop a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration that had sought to stop Idaho from enforcing its near-total abortion ban in medical emergencies, according to a court filing in a separate lawsuit by a hospital system. Idaho is currently blocked by a preliminary federal …

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U.S. introduces visa restrictions for foreign officials that facilitate illegal immigration

5 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced a visa-restriction policy targeting foreign government officials and others who are believed to be responsible for facilitating illegal immigration into the country. The policy will target immigration, customs, airport and port authority officials, and others who “knowingly facilitate the transit of aliens intending to …

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Soccer-World Cup 2026 final in New Jersey to feature halftime show

5 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – The 2026 World Cup final will feature its first ever halftime show, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday. The 48-team World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will run from June 11 to July 19, 2026. The tournament will feature 104 matches instead of the previous 64 games, including …

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Combative Trump declares ‘America is back’. Here’s what his voters made of it

5 Mar 2025

By Julia Harte, Daniel Trotta and Brad Brooks (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday received high marks from a group of voters who backed the president in November’s election, saying in interviews they supported his promises to cut taxes, reshape the government and crack down on immigration. From diehard supporters of …

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Trump touts relentless start to term in speech to Congress, drawing catcalls from Democrats

5 Mar 2025

By Bo Erickson, Steve Holland and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A triumphant President Donald Trump told Congress on Tuesday that “America is back” after he reshaped U.S. foreign policy, ignited a trade war and ousted tens of thousands of government workers in six tumultuous weeks since returning to power, drawing jeers from some Democrats …

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Democratic Senator Slotkin reaches for the political center in rebuttal to Trump

5 Mar 2025

By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a moderate elected in a state carried by Donald Trump last year, made a case for bipartisan values and invoked former Republican president Ronald Reagan in her party’s rebuttal to Trump’s address to Congress.  Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, steered clear of …

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Trump makes 13-year-old cancer survivor a Secret Service agent during speech to Congress

5 Mar 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump used his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday to unveil a new member of the U.S. Secret Service — a 13-year-old brain cancer survivor named DJ. Trump said the boy, DJ Daniel, who was dressed in a Houston police uniform and sitting with his father in …

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DOGE website offers error-filled window into Musk’s government overhaul

5 Mar 2025

By Brad Heath and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A spartanly furnished web page with columns of numbers and bar charts on a dark background is the only official window into billionaire Elon Musk’s effort to slash U.S. government spending and the size of the federal workforce. However, the view it offers of the cost-cutting enterprise …

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